ANSEL ADAMS

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ANSEL ADAMS
1902-1984
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His love of the natural world began early and
became the most potent influence on his art.
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At the age of 12, Ansel taught himself to play
the piano and later worked as a concert
pianist. His love of music influenced his art
throughout his life.
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He visited Yosemite National Park at the age of
14 and was immediately taken by the beautiful
natural landscape. As an adult he returned
there almost every year to photograph the
National Park.
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At the age of 25, he began taking photographs
with his new camera and quickly became a famous
photographer. He realized that he could
capture the emotion, spirituality, and wonder of
nature with his camera.
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By the 1940's, his landscape photography work was
well known. He wrote a series of textbooks on
photography that are still used today.
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In the 1970's, he traveled through Arizona and
fell in love with the landscape. Many of his
later photo-graphs were taken of Arizona scenes.
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In 1980 Adams received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom for his efforts to preserve this
country's wild and scenic areas.
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More than any other influential American of his
epoch, Adams believed in both the possibility and
the probability of humankind living in harmony
and balance with its environment.
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He was instrumental in founding several
photographic organizations and helped to
establish photography as a respected art form.
He died in 1984.